Senior DevOps & Automation Engineer

Veriipro; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps & Automation Engineer to automate operational processes, manage deployments, and support cloud environments for mission-critical banking applications.

You will build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, implement security hardening, and ensure high availability across mainframe and distributed systems. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in DevOps automation, application support, release management, and production operations.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Ansible, Git, Bitbucket, Maven, Docker, and SonarQube.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, Shell Scripting, Perl, or Batch.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms, including deployment, migration, monitoring, and operational support.
• Strong experience in application deployment, upgrades, hotfixes, release management, and platform migrations.
• Experience supporting applications built on .NET, ASP.NET, Java/J2EE, IIS, and SQL Server.
• Strong database knowledge of SQL Server, DB2, PL/SQL, and stored procedures.
• Experience with production monitoring, incident management, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of vulnerability remediation, security patching, system hardening, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Experience supporting integrations across distributed applications, databases, cloud services, secure file transfers, and Mainframe platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide production and operational support for mission-critical banking and payment applications.
• Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Automate application deployments, batch processes, secure file transfers, monitoring, and operational workflows.
• Manage application releases, upgrades, hotfixes, migrations, and post-deployment validation.
• Develop automation scripts using PowerShell, Python, Shell, Perl, and Batch.
• Monitor production environments and resolve incidents through troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Support payment processing, reconciliation, collections, billing, and financial operations applications.
• Manage vulnerability remediation, security patching, and system hardening activities.
• Support AWS/Azure cloud deployments, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Ensure integration and operational stability across Mainframe, distributed applications, databases, and cloud platforms.
• Support disaster recovery planning, implementation, and testing.

Skills

DevOps automation

Release management

Scripting & automation

AWS

Azure

.NET/.NET Framework

Java/J2EE

IIS

SQL Server

DB2

PL/SQL

Monitoring

Incident management

Troubleshooting

Root-cause analysis

Security patching & hardening

Mainframe integrations

Tools

Jenkins

Bamboo

Ansible

Git

Bitbucket

Maven

Docker

SonarQube

PowerShell

Python

Shell scripting

Perl

Batch

AWS

Azure

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps & Automation Engineer with strong expertise in DevOps automation, CI/CD pipeline management, application support, release management, and production operations. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting mission-critical banking and financial services applications, particularly in payments, reconciliation, billing, and transaction processing.

The role involves automating operational processes, managing application deployments, supporting cloud environments, troubleshooting production issues, and ensuring application availability, security, and operational efficiency.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience in DevOps automation, application support, release management, and production operations.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Ansible, Git, Bitbucket, Maven, Docker, and SonarQube.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, Shell Scripting, Perl, or Batch.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms, including deployment, migration, monitoring, and operational support.
• Strong experience in application deployment, upgrades, hotfixes, release management, and platform migrations.
• Experience supporting applications built on .NET, ASP.NET, Java/J2EE, IIS, and SQL Server.
• Strong database knowledge of SQL Server, DB2, PL/SQL, and stored procedures.
• Experience with production monitoring, incident management, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of vulnerability remediation, security patching, system hardening, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Experience supporting integrations across distributed applications, databases, cloud services, secure file transfers, and Mainframe platforms.

Banking / Domain Skills

• Strong experience supporting banking or financial services applications.
• Knowledge of payment processing, collections, adjustments, disputes, reconciliation, remittance, billing, and financial accounting.
• Understanding of banking transaction lifecycles, batch processing, file processing, and reconciliation controls.
• Exposure to Mainframe technologies such as DB2, COBOL, CICS, REXX, and batch processing.
• Understanding of financial operations, regulatory controls, and business continuity processes.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide production and operational support for mission-critical banking and payment applications.
• Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Automate application deployments, batch processes, secure file transfers, monitoring, and operational workflows.
• Manage application releases, upgrades, hotfixes, migrations, and post-deployment validation.
• Develop automation scripts using PowerShell, Python, Shell, Perl, and Batch.
• Monitor production environments and resolve incidents through troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Support payment processing, reconciliation, collections, billing, and financial operations applications.
• Manage vulnerability remediation, security patching, and system hardening activities.
• Support AWS/Azure cloud deployments, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Ensure integration and operational stability across Mainframe, distributed applications, databases, and cloud platforms.
• Support disaster recovery planning, implementation, and testing.

  Preferred Skills

  • Experience with banking payment applications and platforms such as TRIPS, ARP, ARMS, ERS, PRP, PEP+ Billing, IAS, and XAA Billing.
  • Exposure to Sybase, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, Snowflake, and PostgreSQL.
  • Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or Crystal Reports.
  • Experience in 24x7 production support and on-call operations.
  • Knowledge of enterprise banking integrations and Mainframe-based processing.